Brooch-pin.



A. COURVOSER, JR. BROOCH PIN.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.13, 1911.

LB?, Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

ALFRED COURVOISIER, J R., 0F CHICAGO, ILLINO'IS.`

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Specification of `Letters Patent.

retreated rati. t, reis'.

Application filed November 13, 1911. Serial No. 659,983.

T0 all whom t may concern: y

Be it known that I, ALFREn/CoUizvorsinii, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates of Amer ica, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, State ofillinois, have invented cer- Vtain new and ruseful improvements inBrooch-Pins, of which the following 1s a' specification.

The main objects oi' this invention are t0 provide an improved devicefor supporting a brooch pin inan outstanding position, so

'as to prevent the 'hanging dt'wn or drooping of the ornamental partofthe pinrand to provide an improved joint betweentlie main '.pin andthe body of the brooch.

` An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a brooch vpin 'constructed accordingto this invention and attached to a dress collar in theposition in whichthe brooch is intended to be supported, the body ot the brooch beingshown in dotted lines in an open position. Fig. 2 'is an 'enlargedperspective view of the brooch pin in the closed position. Fig. 3

is a side view, partly sectional and partly y broken away, of the hingebetween the main pin and the body of thebroocli.

-The main pin 1 is supported by the plate 2 which is pivot-ed betweenthe ears 3 and 4 ina manner common to brooch pins, and is also providedwith the usual projection 5, which, by bearing against'the body 6 of thebrocoli, causes the pin 1 to normally spring away from the back of thebody, and thus hold the same in the retaining member or clasp 7 in amanner which is usual to brooch pins. The pivot 8 supports" the plate 2between the ears-3 and 4 in the usual manner.

in brooch pins, is pivoted to the Lpivotpin 9,

' which projects from and is rigid on the plate 2, the pin 1 having itsrear end bent around the pivot pin 9 and being held thereon by means ofthe head 10 on said pivot pin'. The pin l thus is swiveled to the body11 of the brooch, having 'a pivotal movement' from and toward the backof the body as is usual in brooch pins, and having also a swinging The-pin1, however, instead of being rigidly fastened to the plate 2, as iscommon movement in a general direction crossing the body from sidetoside. The body 1l of the brooch is provided with a rigid pin 12, whichextends upwardly from said body, and by insertion under the material ofthe dress to which it is attached, as in'Fig. 1, prevents the broochbody from dropping ldownward or sagging. v

To attach the brooch pin to a dress in the position shown in Fig. 1,.the pin 1 is first inserted through the material of the dress in theusual manner. The body 11 is then moved down slightly toward theposition shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the short pin 12 isthen inserted into the cloth at about the level of the pin l, and isthen pushed upwardly under the cloth, the body l1 being moved up intosuitable position to have its retaining member or elasp 7 engage the pin1 near its point 13. The pin 12 will be supported by the cloth of thedress 15 so as to hold the body 11 with its ornamental member 11 in anoutstanding position and prevent its drooping or hanging down, as isusual with brooch pins of ordinary construction. v

Although but one specific embodiment of this inrention is herein shownand described,

. it will be understood.. that numerous details of the constructionshown may be altered or omitted without ,departing from the spirit ofthis invention, as dened by theffollowing claim.

y y cooitvoisinn, JR.

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EDWIN Prrnnrs,

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